Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2 does the same, is £33.50 delivered and no chance of import tax or having to wait about a month for it.

Just had a look at the Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2 and it doesn't support NTFS so you can't play movies over 4gb. The deal extreme control system is pretty awful though with no dedicated play/pause/skip buttons. So i guess it's a choice between flexability of file sizes (most 1080p mkvs are over 4gb unless you split them up) and user interface! Both are good for the price though.

Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2 does the same, is £33.50 delivered and no chance of import tax or having to wait about a month for it.

Just had a look at the Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2 and it doesn't support NTFS so you can't play movies over 4gb.

Don't feed people crap information. The Cyclone Micro 2 DOES support NTFS (via the USB port, which most people would be using). Only the memory card slots don't support NTFS, but who the hell keeps 1080p movies on memory cards?
It's also a lot better than the DX unit, so cold from me.

Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2 does the same, is £33.50 delivered and no chance of import tax or having to wait about a month for it.

Just had a look at the Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2 and it doesn't support NTFS so you can't play movies over 4gb. The deal extreme control system is pretty awful though with no dedicated play/pause/skip buttons. So i guess it's a choice between flexability of file sizes (most 1080p mkvs are over 4gb unless you split them up) and user interface! Both are good for the price though.

Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2 does the same, is £33.50 delivered and no chance of import tax or having to wait about a month for it.

Just had a look at the Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2 and it doesn't support NTFS so you can't play movies over 4gb. The deal extreme control system is pretty awful though with no dedicated play/pause/skip buttons. So i guess it's a choice between flexability of file sizes (most 1080p mkvs are over 4gb unless you split them up) and user interface! Both are good for the price though.

Apologies for duff information, took specs from Amazon where it said FAT/FAT32 only! Will research a little better next time!
As for the Sumvision Cyclone I have the Micro v1 and have problems with audio synch, hopefully this has been fixed with the v2.

Although t is a cheap product for an item that is going to be used on a regular basis i would pay the extra and get a branded one from a reputable u.k dealer, i appreciate it is only £33. Great review by the way.

I've bought loads of stuff from Deal Extreme and never had a problem. You just need to understand what you are buying and wait about 10 days for it to be delivered. I've also used their RMA process a couple of times and found this works fine too.
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I have seen this guys other reviews before this was posted and thought great straight to the point reviews, he has a website i advise going to..His revo aerial upgrade is brill diy video and for few quid is great!!!

Sorry to be a bozo but how do you get the video on to the hard drive in the first place? For my motorhome at the momen I just play dvds. The TV Aerial is crap. I would get sky if they would do the multiroom deal but no...I have to pay again

Sorry to be a bozo but how do you get the video on to the hard drive in the first place? For my motorhome at the momen I just play dvds. The TV Aerial is crap. I would get sky if they would do the multiroom deal but no...I have to pay again

Sorry to be a bozo but how do you get the video on to the hard drive in the first place? For my motorhome at the momen I just play dvds. The TV Aerial is crap. I would get sky if they would do the multiroom deal but no...I have to pay again

Unless this is somehow different to every other player on the market, you can usually either copy your existing DVD's to MKV, AVI etc or download them (not that anyone on here would do that of course!). Then you just connect the Hard Drive to your PC and drag n drop the movie files over. When its finished, unplug the drive from the PC and connect to the player.

Excuse my ignorance but why would you get a file with DTS sound then want to downmix it to stereo??
Isn't that a bit like a 1080p player that downgrades to vhs quality?

Why bother getting a file of higher quality and then downgrading it?

As far as I know, my TV isn't capable of doing anything with DTS in its raw form, so reducing it to stereo is a good thing for me?

That makes some sense, but then why bother downloading/creating a file that you then have to downmix in order to play? Why not just get a file with only stereo sound in the first place which would be quicker and easier.

That makes some sense, but then why bother downloading/creating a file that you then have to downmix in order to play? Why not just get a file with only stereo sound in the first place which would be quicker and easier.

If your a member of the p2p community with some elite trackers, the top encoders only usually rip in dts so with no av system the file would have to be downmixed :)